Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

23 reviews

midnightstory's review

4.0

I think this was so much better the second time around! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

anastasia_raf's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

oliverreeds's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

le_mur's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, and Fatphobia

wickedwitchofky's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

The relationship between Jill and The Master is unnerving; it is posed as “father / daughter” but seems deeper than that.

laurajones's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Medical content, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Body shaming

anniereads221's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

najah's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I didn't know that I wanted to hear more about Jack and Jill's story until I read this book. I truly had a wonderful time with the story and flew through the last 100 pages. The writing style was beautiful. I usually have a very tough time imagining things, but I was about to create some sort of image in my head as I read. If you have a more active imagination, you will have no trouble visualizing the scenes. The book is more description driven than dialogue driven, but I was completely fine with that. 

<semi-spoilers> The last 30 pages made me cry and I wasn't expecting it. I am definitely a Jack stan and now thinking about how everyone treated her in the first book makes me irrational angry </semi'spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Pedophilia, and Blood

I am still unsure if the Master is a p*d*phile, but he gave me those vibes so I put them in the minor content warning. It made me kind of uncomfortable so I felt it necessary to mention it I should also mention that the body shaming is not something that is encouraged or seen as a good thing in this book. A character is called fat in a negative connotation a few times as an insult. I thought it may be important to mention it just in case that may be triggering for some people.

snowhite_says's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Can’t explain how much I love this series!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia